30. All bumbling conjurers, clumsy squires, no-talent bards, and cowardly thieves in the land will be preemptively put to death. My foes will surely give up and abandon their quest if they have no source of comic relief.

so, Norvag or Machy seems to be the choice, because they came up more than once.

Machy: still technically a feudalistic society, though they have been united together for a long time.

they would still be devided if not for one strong lordship who preached of a creator and master god (with 17 wings) who demanded that they cease fighting eachother, so they could reach the stars and fight someone else. it isn't clear if he planned this to form unity or was experimenting with some common hallucinogens of the time. either way, the belief was passed down from generation to generation and children are very loyal and trusting of their ancestors.

the grand story arc (which will probably take a while) will have the coalition spread its aggression, eventually becoming a stable and lasting threat, instead of going all in on one conflict in single thread.

as for the Agnasi/Iavol specifically, I have an outline worked out. their will be interesting developments, especially concerning the Larentili